The corresponding order is published on the website of the Cabinet.
“Temporarily restrict the entry of foreign citizens from the territory of the People’s Republic of China at the checkpoints across the state border of Russia, except for the checkpoint at the state border of Russia Moscow (Sheremetyevo), with the exception of citizens of member states of the Eurasian Economic Union, as well as aircraft crews, members official delegations and persons holding a residence permit in Russia, ”follows from the document.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs was instructed to notify China and other states “of whose interests may be affected” about this decision, and note that these measures are justified by “special circumstances” and are “exclusively temporary.”
Earlier, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, the head of the headquarters for the prevention of the importation and spread of a new coronavirus infection, Tatyana Golikova, stated that there were no grounds for a complete cessation of air traffic with China.
At the same time, she admitted that the implementation of charter flights could be suspended from February 14.
Doctor of Medical Sciences, professor, member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, head of the Department of Microbiology of Latent Infections, Virologist at the Gamaleya Institute Viktor Zuev, in an interview with the FAN, expressed the opinion that the measures taken by Russia are enough to prevent the spread of coronavirus.